Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • Page 16

GOOD SPRING GAMES ON TIGES' SCHEDULE BOWLERS FAIL' TO DISPLACE ANY LEADERS Big Ten Captains At the left ia Oeorge Cameron, leader of the Ohio State basketball team, while at the right is Fred Wellman, captain of the Purdue aggregation. Both are good players and expect successful seeaons. WESTERN GOLF RETURNS HERE AFTER14 YEARS Last Time Big Amateur Was Held in This District Was in 1911. TiHTfSijrj BULLION. Cincinnati Will Be Encountered Four Time, and Toronto in Whole Flock of Exhibitions Manager Cobb la Arranging Itinerary in Good Town That Boast Approved Ground.

BY HARRY BULLION. Touring the Mick is going to be one of the many features of the Tigers' training season again next spring; death could not be more certain than this. The thicket will be avoided, however. But the fact that the Bengals' management learned Its lesson from touting the athletes along the byways of Dixie hamlets the itinerary during the latter part of March and the early days of April won't include water tank stations where alleged parks are anything but places that exist. to expose ball players to the dangers Jjetroit 8 exniDtiion scneouie riajy tiot been completed, theretore the route of travel is uncertain.

For that reason, the baseball office is withholding its official publication. Four games with Cincinnati have been definitely decided upon, however. Two are listed to te played In Augusta, one in Jacksonville, Fla, and the other in Atlanta, Ga. Must Flay Toronto. It Is certain, too, that the Tigers will engage In a flock of games with the Toronto club of Uie International league.

As was th case lat spring, th trip by th Leafs and Hengal will be arranged by ilanagers Ty Cobb and Dan Howley. Btivwn them, Cobb and Howley worked out a food schedule a year ago and the Indications are they will do as well for the next Jaunt. Walter Hapgood, when secretary of the Boston Nationals and later with Koohester club of the same circuit that embraces Toronto, did the exploring for the Braves and Tiger and the Hustlers and Tigers, and he came up with some Itineraries that were rich, rare and Juicy, lorn Weird Parka. any old rock pile, abandoned brick yard or the aide of a mountain that einhraoed enouirb terrain to lay out four base and a pitcher's mound answered the purpose of a ball field In Hapgood'a tjntlmai tlon. In some of the places scheduled by Hapgood a major league ball club never had Iread belore and the chance to ee one In action Induced the natives to cough up grand opera price for admission.

In a terse measure the people were dlsaonolntid In whet they aw too. In lots where lurked huge loluers or a grinning half of an an cient aewer dm the athletes wouldn't dure take the chances they will on good grounds and the teams played just, like bushers for the tnost part. On one occsston ths Tigers olay- Rochester In a little town named Llndon Just outside Rome, but before the contest started Manager Cobb spent fully an hour extracting ewer pipe and rocks from the turf and tossing them aside. Mue, Hellmann, Bobby Jones and Fylvester Johnson were sent back to Augusta after that game to nurse Injuries. Oeorge Stalling, president and manager of the Roch-eater club, didn't worry about Injuries that might befell his players.

Most of them were bushers without a great deal of, value to fitalltngs' club attached to them. end. view of the fact that th lirorgin planter got title to them for little or nothing, he wasn't Continued on Page Klghteen. a It a In BY HARRY SKVERAL weeks ago Ban Johnson, president of ths American league, suggested that a part of future world's series receipts ba set asld for th establishment and up- seep or a home for aged and de-pedent ball players. Immediately writers declared that It was unnecessary to establish such a precedent since the Pacific Coast league and the American as sociation already were havens for tottering athletes.

Rather unkind, yes? But one Isn't compelled to scan the rosters of the minor leagues to find the old men of bisseball. There till are many hanging on in the majors. This Is particularly true of the Washington club, present world's champions. Many of the men In th cast that on th American league pennant In 1924 and capped the climax of a brilliant season by beating the Giants In' the annual blue ribbon classic of tha pastime are well past their prim In baseball. TO them, th Nationals' president, Clarka Griffith, added soma more by purchase.

If ths Solon go forth on th field creak ing at the joints each move the baseball world will not have to ask the cause. Besides Walter Johnson, Joe Judge, Jos Martina, Roger 1'eckinpaugh. Sam Rice. Jezabei Zachary and George Mogrtdge th personnel of Xhe Nationals will In clude Stanley Coveleskte, Mlks Mo-Nally and Vean Gregg. urimtn declared that all re quired to repeat his pennant sno- cess next year was seasoned pitch ing material.

He got It when tn dragnet oorraled Coveleskle and Gregg, th first named SK and the latter near 40 years of age If they are a day old. That bunch never will go through another strenuous campaign like the on of 1934 without cracking. Bluege. Harris, Ruel and Goslln still are young men and they ought to hold up for a long time yet, but the worm knows that Johnson loi tered consistently In the last race, that Mogr1dee cruelly taxed his brittle arm. Pecklnpaugh's legs appear to have rebelled and that Judge nursed a trick knee all year.

WASHIWOTON might fool everybody by repeating In 102R. but the ehancea are dead set against It. Pennant win ning olubs require the constant Infusion of young blood to keep up the pac. Th theory expounded by Griffith appears to be that mellow age Is the determining factor, and. aocoroingiy, ne nas loaded up for next year.

The case of Cleveland Is an example of what failure to build for the future will lead to. When Speaker piloted the Indians to a pennant and the world's championship In 19J0 every regular on the club with the exception of Joe Sew-ell was over 30 years of age. Speaker thought he could repeat with the same club, finished second the next year and then saw the foundation of his club gradually aecay and rail away. Unly Joe Bewail, Charley Jamleson and Speaker himself of the regulars then are left. Morton.

Caldwell. Baghy, Joe Wood. Jack Granay. Larry Gardner, Bill Wambs- ganss, stev Nelll and Joe Evans have passed out of the picture. Tet that crowd as a whole was 7" I.

A. C. ADDS PAIR TO RACE NURMI Chicago, Deo. 15. Desire of ad ditional runners to participate in the proposed 'three-cornered race between Paavo Nurmt and Willie Htnla, Finnish distance stars, and Jole Ray, American runner, at the Chicago Coliseum on January 16, has caused official to decide to enlarge that event.

Frey LlCwendhal, a Flndlander who qualified for the final of the 6,000 meter run in the Olympic games last summer and who now Is In Chicago, will represent the Pin nish-Amertcan A. C. Filus Doo- llttle of Butler college, an Ameri can Olympic runner, also has been accepted. Chairman Dean announced that In case Nurmi elects a route short er than a mile, Kay will not run. Ray Watson or Ray Dodge of th A.

c. would be substituted. FULL WILL ATTRACT STARS Field Closely Approaches That Which Competes in National. BY M. F.

DRUKENBROD. After an absence of 14 years, ths western amateur golf tournament is returning to th Detroit district, Lochmoor having been awarded th 1926 event. It will be held th week of July 18. Back In 1811 tn same cnampion-shlp was contested over the old letrolt Golf club course, Albert Beckei, of Chicago, won It that year, having defeated In th final a fellow townsman, aoo uaraner. I So 7.

That was th only time the event was ever held here, although since then Detroit elub have entertained two other western tournaments, the woman's western at th Detroit Golf club In ll, won by Mrs. Per- ry Fisk, and tha western open at Oakland Hills, in 192J. won by Mike Brady. Approach national Veatnre. All tnn.nimnli rxr .,11 wwv.w a--, th nflllnnftl numhttra and as can be imagined, produo golf i.

i nt WniCO IS UUfc Wink played In tha tournaments of the hmtv frAmtantlv attracting almost the same fields. Undoubted ly ther IS a vnrut in mev major competitions and Detroit welcomes the coming or tne weaiern amateur. During the years that th conflict raged between national and western bodies, Detroit was partisan to the bigger organisation. With the trolt haa gradually taken Its old place in tne nig muuui s.cia-,.,, mnA hi, to tha fore aa a leading contender for occasional western tournaments, thus relieving th monotony while awaiting Its turn at th national competitions which naturally must com widely separated. Standtsh Did It.

Jame D. Standlsh, Jr a former Lochmoor president, I an executive in the western association as well as th national, and It was through his efforts that th western amateur was obtained for Looh-moor. Ths west's leading amateurs should find Lochmoor to their liking. From the back tees It measures, 7,067 yards, making It one of the longest layouts in the country. Because of th tremendous distance which experts now obtain, length I one of the prim requisites of a championship course.

Although It Is flat, Lochmoor furnishes an ample test for another reason It la one of the best trapped courses In the west. Like most club tn this district, Lochmor's fairways become bronsed end rat In midsummer. These un- desirable conditions should be es caped in part in mto-juiy, nowever, as during recent years much of the spring verdure has remained until that time. Except for a June or October date, no better one could have been selected than tha second week In July. Sweeaey On of Founder.

Probably no ons'was more delighted to hear of Lochmoor's selection than John 8. Sweeney, president of the district golf association. Mr Sweeney was on of the founders of this club. He was eager from the start to make It a championship layout and took an active part In designing It, with the assistance of the veteran Walter J. Travis.

Quite a few of the holes ara of Sweeney's own design. Many guests and visiting players must be accommodated at a tournament of tht magnitude. Lochmoor's new and commodious clubhouse will take care of this detail. hocreylWiill START THURSDAY Windsor and Detroit to Play Opening Game. Windsor Monarchs and Detroit Hockey olub will open ths hockey season Thursday evening at tne new hockey arena.

Woodward and Flquette, according to an announcement made Monday afternoon by A. A. Plllklngton, president of the new league. rrL a wo n.ltflnallv acnnitl nn-uic 'if ed Sunday afternoon, but due to the condition of tha Ice, whloh made play impossible, the contest mas postponed. The continued nnl, hnv.v.r.

hflf led the official to attempt staging the contest T'nursoav evening hi Mayor John W. Smith will for- lumiy uven hockey arena when he sends th teams into action. RED RUN PICKS DIRECTORS Red Run Golf club has elected three new directors Oeorge B. Jud-son, Grant L. Cook and A.

R. Campbell. The new board of directors will mnt't next week to elect officers and organise for 1925. NECKWEAR IN THE BEST LONDON MANNER I I 2 If 1 1 4, if srA Forward Pass Termed "Evil" By Coach Gore Proposes Reducing Points Scored When It Results in Touchdown. AMHERST, Peo.

Id. By th Associated Press.) that the forward lull tn Its modern variations Is an "evil" to th game and slowly relegating football into outdoor basket ball, Harold M. (Kid) Gore, gridiron coach at the Massachusetts Agricul tural college, suggests that a touchdown resulting from a forward pass soore only three points, the same as a tteld goal. Instead of six as now provided. He also suggests that as a further remedy the elimination of any run after a pass is received, thus allowJ Ing only the ground actually gained by th pass.

Th Aggie coach makes the point score suggestion after having coached the best team the Massachusetts Assies has had In 30 years, and which did not use ths forward pass to any extent. GRIDGOACHES PLAN MEETING Success of Prep Basketball Rule Parley Stirs Football Mentors. Ann Arbor, Mich- Deo. 16. Suc cess of the meeting of the basketball coaches and otllclala here Kat-urday may mean a similar meeting of th tootball coaches just before tn season starts, A.

w. Thompson. director of luterscholaetlo athletics for Michigan. Intimated In an ad dress to th 126 men present at the basketball meeting Saturday. Th Question of such a meeting will depend upon the advisability "I getting together upon a similar Intel ore tation of football rule tor all corners of th state.

The meeting her enabled Mr, Thompson to get an up-to-date Hit of moat of the basketball coaches of the state and also of the baa- ketball olticlals of the different ecnoots recommended as competent. B'ach coach present was asked to turn in ths names of the men working in his section, and the list thus complied will be made the necieus of the list the state director is assembling. Little difference of oplulon existed In the meeting as to the Interpretation of rulea. Ail of the Interpretations adopted were made without a dissenting vote, the ballot being taken after a discussion of the change and generally after a demonstration of the nolnt at Issue by Coach Mather and men he picked rrom the coaches' body. In some of th Interpretations the high school men refused to follow the interpretation of th Western conference, this being especially true where the conference Intemre- tatlon seemed to vary from the rule.

MARQUETTE ADDS GAME. Milwaukee. Dec 16 Mar- ouette university haa signed South Dakota State for a football game to be played here November 14. it wa. announced here today.

Visiting Pin Spillers Roll Good, Scores, But Cannot' Reach Top. jj TOURNEY. ENPS SUNDAY Indianapolis, Chicago, Louis ville, Cicero and Fort Wayne Squads Last THE LEADERS. FIVE MR. Lent P.

Petersen's, Bavles Insurance Underwriter's Service, Chicago Herb's Indians, Cleveland. J. Hndaon, DOUBLES. W. Repprnlnagen-B.

Hartmann. Detroit J. O'Saanehnessy-B. Stoaunel. Detroit B.

Wllde-M. Olaon. H. Maas-B. Ilierleln, Hamllton-A.

Wllklna, Detroit SINGLES. B. Kalsch, Detroit. H. bast, Detroit Schulaler, Detroit G.

DeAtley, Kuyer, Cleveland ALL EVENTS. E. Hnrtmann, M. Heppeahagen, H. Marino, Chleaao sna 8OH0 8lir HOIS sum "IS 13S4 1JUQ 70S 4 70S 70S er 9034 1ST0 lM 1807 G.

DeAtley, Columbus. .....1. Bvnrou, Toledo Leaders In th Central States bowling tournament at tha Garden alleys held their places Monday against the attack of bowler from Chicago, Cleveland, Bay City, Toledo, South Bnd, Detroit Dayton, Columbus and Fremont have only two more days in which they may be displaced as bowling stopped Monday afternoon and tha tourna-ment will clos Saturday and Sunday. High acores tn ths doubles featured Monday's bowling. H.

Forrer and O. Lechner of Cleveland set the pac with a total of 1267. Forrer rolled 21S, 225 and 210 for 648 while Lechner contributed 197, 228 and 199. Forrer will tak down some of th all events money. After rolling 587 In the five men and S48 In th Continued oa Page Seventeen, Solids Cushions Pneumatics 4 fisk Truck Tires will lower your Tire Cost, increase your Mileage and 1 Reduce your Repair Bills.

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TOden Withholds Statement, But Says He Helped Frame It, New Tork, Dec 16. -Approval of the new amateur rule, which will settle the Tllden player-writer Issue, Is almost oertatn to be voted at the annual meeting of the United Mates lawn Tennis association here In February. The executive eoromittea of the association approved' of a Dew amateur rule submitted by a special committee which provides that a tennis player can writs for newspapers and magazines under liberal conditions. Its approval by tha executive committee means that It will be adopted by the national body as all the factions In the long controversy which threatened the existence of organised tennis In this country were represented on tha two committees. William T.

Tllden. tha world's champion, threatened to retire from the game If the association held to an amateur rule paeecd last February, whloh provided that a player who continued to do newspaper work after January, 1925. would become Ineligible for amateur competition. The way to the settlement of a controverey that was juet as Important for the future of tennle In foreign tennis playing- countries as It wee here was brought shout by the willingness of both factions to compromise. The new rule provides that Tllden can continue as a newspaper writer as long as he signs only his name and not his tltlea at the bead of his atorles.

It also provide that when Tllden Is playing In a tournament he cannot sot as a reporter by attempting to cover the "straight newa" and th results of th various matches. Tilden has not made a statement yet, but he virtually expressed his approval when he eald: "I was a member of the committee that approved th new rule. Would It be proper for to make any more comment?" LAFAYETTE BOOKS FOUR NEW ELEVENS Eastern Team to Play Colgate at Philadelphia. Kaston. Teo.

IS. Four newcomers are on the Lafayette schedule of nine football games for announced today. Outstanding among the new opponents Is Colgate, which will be played at Franklin field, Philadelphia, on October 17. The others are St. Hnavcnttire, Susquehsnna and Washington.

Tha complete eched-ule follower September it, Muhlenburg at Ea-ton: October Plttshtirah, at Pittsburgh; October Washington college at Knston; October 17. Colgate at Philadelphia: October 14, Washington and at New Tork: October 81, St, Bonaventtire St Eas. ton; isovemher 7, Ktitgers st Ens-ton; November Susquehanna at Faeton. November SI, lhtgh at Bethlehem, Pa. MILTON DENIED SECOND PLACE Los Angeles.

Pee. 16. Tommy Mil ton's protest that he Instead of Harry Harts should hav been awarded second place In the 260-mlle automobile race at Culver City yesterday was overruled here late today by the contest board of the Amerlcsn Automobile association. Richard ennordall, chairman of the contest board, declared that a close check of the scoring machine showed tht. no mistake had ben mid.

Mutuu was awarded third llacs. younger man me irom Griffith Is satisfied will do for blra next season. OST ball players reach the peak of their efficiency when they are SO years of age. Of course, some remain In tne major leagues several years after they attain that milestone In their Uvea But again, many stagger ana are let out before they reach that period, and in. the end the average is about 30.

Cases In point are thos of Trie Speaker, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Wallle Schang, Joe Bush. Bob Shawkey, Sam Jones, Prank Snyder, Hank Gowdy, Zach Wheat, Jacques Fournier, "Babe" Ruth. Charley Jamieson and others. These men, all of them over SO, are exceptions. Some day, though, they, too, must pass over the creBt at their great ness, or several oi uia men Hnn.A the time lan't far off.

either. The olubs tnat list tne toregoing athletes do not embrace a whole bevy of talent that Is time-worn, however. Replacements here and there with young blood will make for speed and playing strength. Washington, though, appears to be overstocked with fading campaign ers: and If it repeats next year "dope" will be administered a other severe Jolt. WILLIAMS ENDS FIGHT Coast League Head Fails to Keep Appointment With Landis.

Threat of Minor Magnates to Drive Ban Out Falls Flat Chicago, Dec. 16, Loud walls of minor league chieftains. who threatened to run Ban Johnson Into the ocean because he made sensational charges against gambling In the coast league, seems to have faded away to a whisper. Last week, In New York, President Harry Williams, of th Coast league, epoke at length on how ha was going befor Commissioner Landis and demand that the latter force Johnson to produo evidence supporting his charges, or retract the statement For the last few days Williams has been a much sought man In Chicago. He was supposed to pay his promised visit to Commissioner Landis's office, but he was not seen there.

The fade-out was explained this afternoon by a telegram at Comlmssioner Landis' office, which announced that Williams is on a train speeding west. Presumably he has decided not to press the case. In th telegram which was filed at some point In Utah, Williams asked Judge Landis to let him know If Johnson filed his evidence. Judge Landis was here Saturday, awaiting Williams. The latter was In town, It Is asserted, but sought no conference with th commissioner.

Apparently Williams left for th wst Saturday and will arrive In Los Angeles tomorrow. Ban Johnson was out of ths city today, but will be back tomorrow. It Is thought he was in St. Louis, making arrangements for the spring meeting of the American league to be held there. Baseball owners are arriving In Chicago.

It la reported that a secret conclave 1 to held In advance of the Joint meeting. It la known that every owner looks with fear and trembling upon the possibilities at the Joint meeting. Ther seems a disposition on all aide to hush un the entire affair between Johnson and those opposed to him. At one time It appeared certain that either Landis or Johnson would have to get out of baseball, but the ownera feel that there has been enough scandal discussion and will try to keep further talk down to the minimum and also ssarch svery delegate for dynamite and other explosive. Havana Bum Panatiia Th.

PERPECTO IT ArWell nethtnf ntlines llke a gbed eiger M. HARNESS BODY CHANGER CODE Rules Revised First Time In 50 Yean to Combat Runner. Claiming; Race Added and Stake of $100,000 Is Announced. Chicago, Deo. 18.

For the first time tn neatly to years changes were made in ths harness racing rules by ths Harness Horse associa tion of America In session hers today. Claming rases were adopted as part of the annual turf program. was decided to classify horses sccordlng to ths amount of money won Instead of on time records and dozen other new rules were passed that are expected to popularize the sport As a result of the meeting, which attracted nearly 400 leading 'race drivers, breeders and owners, the Harness Horse association will likely become the parent body of the sport In this country. It was deolded to establish a central headquarters In Chicago which will be charge of K. J.

Curtln, where race meets will be sanctioned. Indication at the meeting were that more than 1,000 tracks will operate under the association's Jurisdiction next year. Until today's session which took up a greater pert of the day, the harneea race game was controlled by three organisations tn widely scattered parte of the country, Thev were the National Trotting association of Hartford, Union Trotting association of Philadelphia, and American Trotting association of Chicago. While these organisations may aontlnue to function the opinion was sdvlnced by representatives of the different associations that thev would all work In hRrmony with the big harness body and In the end get their orders from the central organisation In this city, tho pro-greaaive steps taken having been Continued on rage Seventeen. SQUARE DEAL JEWELER 401 GRAND RIVER AVE.

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